-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Leon Brooks wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:17, Olivier Thauvin wrote: > >>urpmi mysource.src.rpm will install dependencies to build the src, >>you have to install manually the src.rpm after or before. > > > I think what Buchan was suggesting (and I'd like this too) is to be able > to type something like this: > > urpmi --source nameofbinarypackage > > URPMI would the chase after the corresponding source file, then hunt > down its dependencies, then install them all. > > A --build option would be nice as well; if the SRPM is a later version > than the corresponding RPM(s) it and all dependencies (for it and any > dependent RPM(s) which became required by the new version, and recurse) > are fetched, installed and rebuilt, and the resulting RPMs installed. > > If you build this, you can be sure that someone will invent a > rebuild-everything-1mdk.i586.rpm and run in Gentoo mode. (-: >
That's kind of the idea, but I don't think we would need a rebuild-everything package, just do a minimal install (the one with urpmi), and then: urpmi --build --install kdebase Of course, I don't know if this would really be beneficial to the end-user, but the Gentoo people probably do, and it would be an easy way to see (and easy way to show that Gentoo isn't really *that* advanced etc etc). The main thing is I think it could save the time of the typical user, who could add a source urpmi medium for cooker to his stable release, which would allow him to install new packages from the comfort of his stable release. First step is to decide what needs to go in the hdlists (BuildRequires only?), then get some hdlists out there, and people can start experimenting ... One issue is what to do with conditional buildrequires ... Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+5h6VrJK6UGDSBKcRArh5AJ9mFNB4yY/LuzBKozW6f8YPPtUH0wCdEBr7 7mtWpDziZrAPasjdwfcsflM= =v0ie -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
